(continuing): "Most of his compensationcame in the three months of 2009 that he worked, when his total compensation, including salary, bonus, stock and options awards and other perks, reached $16.55 million.In 2010 his total compensation was $13.3 million, and last year he earned $2.46 million, which consisted of $763,000 in base salary and a $1.7 million severance."...

The still-paid officials of these companies– who with top politicians such as President Obama and Vice President Biden enjoyed media coverage and free attention to their unviable schemes – inflated the hopes of many in places like Michigan, Ohio and Colorado that they would enjoy long employment in the forthcoming “green” sector. Now their bubble is bursting, they are out of work, and now the clean-tech executives will move on to the next prospective crony capitalist plot.Reutershighlighted this week just what a flop the green economy is. It’s despicable."